Mercedes director Andrew Shovlin believes there is no reason for the team not to be strong in the United States, citing Lewis Hamilton’s impressive track record. Britain is the most successful driver in the history of US GPs, winning six times, five of them at the Circuit of the Americas.
Between 2012, when the circuit debuted on the calendar, and 2017, Hamilton was defeated only once, although he failed to reach the top of the podium in the previous two tours, with Kimi Rikkönen and Valtteri Bottas taking those honours. shared to. Shovlin cited reasons for Mercedes’ optimism on the American circuit.
“It’s a very different track, but it’s a circuit where Lewis has been very strong, it’s a track where there are good overtaking opportunities, there are declines. It changes the dynamics of the race a bit, but it’s a good idea to think about it.” There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be stronger in Austin,” Shawlin said.
The last race in Turkey was dominated by the German team, with Bottas winning over Max Verstappen by a margin of 14.5 seconds. Shovlin said Mercedes is focused on avoiding any potential hurdles in the last six races of the year.
“We have to go to all these races, which might surprise us, not what would be great and easy for us. We don’t really take that approach, it’s just a matter of looking at all the data that comes from the simulations.” Let’s work out what we need to do with the car,” Schovlin concluded.
